Can for handling milk.



PATENTED DEC. 81, 1907.

W. SEIDEL.

CAN FOR HANDLING MILK.

APPLICATION 2mm MAR. 10, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED DEC. 81, 1907.

W. SBIDEL.

CAN FOR HANDLING MILK.

APPLIOA'JZION FILED MAR. 10, 1906.

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WILLIAM SEIDEL, OF WHEELING, ILLINOIS.

CAN FOR HANDLING MILK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed March 10, 1906- Se rial No. 305,299.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SEIDEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cans for Handling Milk, of which the following is a specificat1on.

It is well known that milk will absorb odors readily and quickly, and that when exposed to the air germs will develop rapidly, and particularly so where the cans are not kept in a sanitary condition.

The object of this invention is to enable milk to be handled in a clean and wholesome manner from the cow to the customer by the use of a can or receptacle, receiving the milk direct from the cow and the milk re maining in the can from the time of milking until the final delivery to the customer, the can, after receiving the milk thereinto, being maintained in a closed and sealed condition during the cooling periodfor the milk and the time Y of delivery to the customer; to furnish a can having a neck at its top and a plurality of interchangeable caps, each cap fitting the neck for adapting the can to be used as a milking, cooling or delivering can as required; to furnish a can having a neck at its top and a plurality of caps, each cap adapted to fit the neck of the can, one cap serving as a milking cap, another cap serving as a closure cap for cooling the milk in the can, and another cap serving as a means for delivering the milk from the can; to construct a can having a neck and adapted to receive a cap provided with a hood for enabling the can to be used in milking; to furnish a can having a neck adapted to receive a tight cap for enabling the can to be used in cooling the milk; to I furnish a can having a neck adapted to receive a cap provided with a delivery spout for enabling the can to be used as a milk delivering can; to furnish a seal for the cap having the delivery spout, which seal indicates, if intact, that the contents of the can have not been tampered with; to furnish a delivery spout carried by a cap adapted to be attached. to the neck of a can and the cap having strainers for filtering the milk when delivered; to furnish a delivery cap adapted to be applied to a can and having a delivery spout with valves controlling the spout; and to improve generally the construction and arrangement of the can and the plurality of inter changeable caps used therewith.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts here inafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention Figure 1 is an elevation oi the can or receptacle, having applied to its necka cap for enabling the can to be used as a pail for milking, and with a portion of the neck band of the cap broken away to show the connection between the band and the neck of the can; Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the can and top of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a top or plan view of the can and top of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a sectional elevation of the can, having applied thereto a closed cap for cooling the milk; Fig. 5 an elevation of the can, having applied thereto a discharge cap for delivery of the milk; and Fig. 6 a sectional elevation of the can and top shown in Fig. 5.

The can of the present invention has a body or side wall 1 with a bottom 2 on a double curve as shown in Fig. 2, and the lower end of the can is encircled by a band 3 having scallops 4 so as to form openings for the water to come in direct contact with the bottom of the can as well as with the body of the can.

The can, with its body 1 and bottom 2 and encircling band, can be of metal or other material which can be cleansed and maintained in a perfect sanitary condition both interiorly and eXteriorly.

The can as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 has a top, enabling the can to be used for direct milking thereinto. The wall 5 of the neck of the can has on opposite sides of its 6X terior a rib or bead 6 each of which run in a spiral direction, and each rib or bead engages with a recess or notch 7 in a lug 8 on opposite sides of a wall 9 of the top of the can, such engagement being attained by entering the wall 9 over the wall 5 for the lugs 8 to pass the ends of the beads or ribs 6 and then turning the wall 9 in the proper direction to cause the ribs or beads to engage the recesses of the lugs. The wall 9 is attached to the wall 10 of the can top, and the wall 10 on one side is spread out or flared as shown in Fig. 2. The wall 10 has a wall 11 entering the neck of the can, with its end abutting against a flange or stud 12 on the interior of the wall 5 of the neck, so as to insure the proper positioning of the top within the neck of the can. The wall 11 has secured thereto a strainer 13 of wire mesh or other suitable material and has entered thereinto, so as to be removable, a strainer 14 which can be of cloth or other suitable material; and these strainers 13 and 14 effectually prevent any foreignmaterial from entering the interior of the can during the milking operation, so that the milk in the can will be pure and not mixed with any foreign substance or material. The upper portion of the top of the can has a hood with a wall 15 and having an opening or mouth 16 on one side for admitting the streams of milk in the milking operation. A bail 1.7 with a grab 18 is attached to the hood, so as to furnish a carrying means for the can, and also a means for hanging up the cap when not in use.

The can as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, with the open top applied thereto, is used for milking direct thereinto, and in use the milker supports the can between the knees or otherwise, with the opening or mouth in position for receiving thereinto the streams of milk and the milk drawn into the top is strained and cleansed from any foreign substances and material by the action of the strainers 13 and 14, so that when delivered into the interior of the can the milk will be perfectly clean and wholesome. The can, when arranged as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, takes the place of a milking pail, but unlike a milking pail, is not open to the objection of exposing the milk to dust, dirt and. other foreign substances and material, as the strainers efl'ectually separate the milk from any foreign substance and material.

The can, when filled with milk, or ap proximately filled, has the milking cap of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 removed, and a closed cap applied to the neck of the can, as shown in Fig. 4. The closed cap of Fig. 4 is applied to the top or neck of the can by engaging notches or recesses 19 of lugs 20, with the beads or ribs 6 on the exterior of the neck of the can, precisely the same as employed in applying the cap of Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The lugs 20 are located on the interior of a straight wall 21 of the cap, and the cap has a closed wall 22, depending from which is an inner straight wall 23, the end of which, when the cap is in place, abuts against the flange 12 on the interior of the neck, thus effecting a tight closing of the neck of the can. The closed wall 22 of the top has thereon ears 23 for the attachment of a bail 17 with a grab 13" by means of which the can can be carried and the cap or top hung up when not in use.

The can, with the closed cap or top of Fig. 4, is for use in cooling the milk under a condition of uniform temperature that will cool the milk and at the same time keep the milk in a sweet andwholesome condition. The can of .Fig. 4, for cooling purposes, can be placed in a body of water, and when in water,

by reason of the flutes or scallops of the band 3, the water contacts the bottom of the can as well as the body or wall of the can, thereby insuring uniform cooling of the milk in the can.

The can can be used for shipping and delivering the milk, and when so used the closed top or cap of Fig. 4 is removed, and the cap of Figs. 5 and 6 is applied to the neck of the can. The cap or top of Figs. 5 and 6 is attached to the neck of the can by grooves or recesses 24 in lugs 25 on the interior of the can and engaging the ribs 6 on the neck of the can, as described for the construction of Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The lugs 25 are on the interior of the side wall 26 of the base of the cap or top, and the cap or top has a cross wall 27 from which extends a spout 28, as shown in Fig. 6. The spout 28 has near its outer end a strainer 29 and at its outer end a hinge 29 carrying a flap or cover 30 of metal with a packing 31. of paper or other suitable material. The cover 30 and the packing 31 each have a tag or ear 32, in alinement with a tag or ear 33 on the spout, through which tags or ears 32 and 33 is a hole for the passage of the wire 34 of a seal 35, made of lead or other suitable material, by which the wire will be securely held and cannot be removed, except by cutting the wire or breaking the seal, thus insuring the closing of the spout and preventing tampering with the milk unless the wire is cut or the seal is broken; and with the wire cut or the seal broken knowledge is at once given that the can has been tampered with. The wall 27 has depending therefrom a straight wall 26 the end of which abuts against the flange 12, when the top is in place on the neck of the can, so as to tightly close the top of the can. The inner end of the spout 28 has a flange 28 leaving an opening in which is located a valve having a wall 36 which closes the spout when the can is in a vertical position, and the wall 36 has attached thereto a perforated disk 37, which allows milk to flow through the spout when the can is tipped, as with the tipping of the can the closed wall 36 is forced into the spout so as to furnish an opening for milk to percolate or flow through the perforations of the disk and out from the spout. The exterior of the wall 26 has an ear 38, and the body of the can has an upwardly projecting ear 39, and each ear 38 and 39 has a hole for the passage of the wire 34 of a seal 35 by means of which the cap is held against removal, except by cutting the wire of the seal or destroying the body 35 of the seal, and the cutting of the wire or the destroying of the body of the seal indicates that the can has been opened, thus insuring a safeguard against the opening of the can by unauthorized parties.

The can of the present invention, is designed for the use of the farmer or dairyman, and enables the farmer or dairyman to do the milking under clean andpure conditions and to cool the milk at the proper temperature for the best results in obtaining a pure and wholesome article, and to seal the can against being ized parties. This can retains the milk in the same receptacle into which it was milked, so that the receiver of the can, if the seals are unbroken, knows that the milk is in its natural condition and has not been adulterated or changed from the time it entered the can until its delivery. The farmer or dairyman, after applying the can cap or top of Figs. 5 and 6, attaches the seals for the cover of the spout and for the cap or top to the body of the can by passing the wire 84 through the lugs or ears of the spout and the cap or top and turning the body 35 of the seal so as to inclose the wires as usual in sealing car doors or other articles, and after turning the body of the seal the body is compressed by the use of a suitable instrument, by means of which an identifying mark can be placed on the body of the seal, indicating that the sealing was done by the farmer or dairyman, and that the contents of the can have not been tampered with, if the seal or seals remain in the sealed condition.

What I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a milk handling can, the combination of a conical body, an inand outcurved bottom for the body, and a band having con tinuous edge scallops and encircling and extending below the inand outcurved bottom of the can, substantially as described.

2. In a can for handling milk, the combination of a conical body, aneck at the apex of the body and having on its exteriorinterlocking means, a cap having an inner band and an outer band at the bottom, interlocking means on the inner face of the outer band cooperating with the interlocking means on tampered with by unauthorthe neck of the can, a strainer on the interior of the inner band, and a hood carried by the inner band, substantially as described.

3. In a can for handling milk, the combi nation of a conical body, a neck at the apex of the body and having on its exterior interlocking means, a cap having an inner band and an outer band at the bottom, interlocking means on the inner face of the outer band cooperating with the interlocking means on the neck of the can, a strainer on the interior of the inner band, and an elongated hood carried by the inner band and having an open mouth on one side, substantially as described.

4. In a can for handling milk, the combination of a conical body, a neck at the apex of the body, opposing beads on the exterior of the neck, a cap having at the bottom an exterior band and inner band, opposing lugs on the inner face of the outer band, each lug having a groove to interlock with the exterior beads of the neck of the can, a strainer on the interior of the inner band, and a hood carried by the inner band, substantially as described.

5. In a can for handling milk, the combi nation. of a conical body, a neck at the apex of the body, opposing beads on the exterior of the neck, a cap having at the bottom an exterior band and an inner band, opposing lugs on the inner face of the outer band, each lug having a groove to interlock with the exterior beads of the neck of the can, a strainer on the interior of the inner band, and an elongated hood carried by the inner band and having an open mouth on one side, substantially as described.

WILLIAM SEIDEL.

Witnesses:

OSCAR W. BOND, WALKER BANNING. 

